So yeah, finally after a few months I decided to upload this thing again. I'm sorry guys, I'm just really busy. And I just saw Frozen fever, it was awesome and cute.
Enjoy this chap !
It was six in the morning and Anna's alarm went off. She yawned and slammed it off, at least, she tried to slam it off. It didn't and she growled and slammed harder. It still didn't and Anna got really frustrated and threw the radio from her nightstand against the wall. Finally, it stopped. She yawned dramatically and stood up. It only was six am but she was used in getting up early. After having washed her face and brushed her hair, she went downstairs and let pepper out in the backyard. Then she grabbed the waffle toaster and started preparing breakfast. Elsa still wasn't out of bed and wasn't going to be any time soon. She wasn't the kind of morning kid like Anna was.
Two hours later, at eight, Elsa woke up with a headache. She rubbed her head while letting her eyes slowly adjust to the bright light of the sun. She groaned and stretched herself before standing up. When she was finally standing, she realised that she still was in her clothes from the day before. Funny, because she didn't remember falling asleep nor going to bed. After she changed into new clothes, she headed downstairs where Pepper already greeted her excitedly. She entered the kitchen where the smell of baked waffles and sandwiches filled her nostrils. Elsa sniffed and grimaced, she never liked baked waffles in the morning, it made her stomach twist and turn.
"And good morning to you too dear sister !" Anna's musical voice filled the room. "Have you slept well ?" She asked and threw without asking Elsa a few warm waffles on the plate and shove it to her.
Elsa pushed the plate away in disgust and grabbed a box of cereals and the milk can. "Yes I have, actually. So, how did I end up in my bed ? Because I really don't remember going to bed."
The strawberry blonde sat down at the table and began stuffing her throat with her freshly baked breakfast. "Well." She replied between eating. "Kristoff carried you upstairs and I tucked you in. You were sleeping so lovely on the couch that I didn't want to wake you up."
"I see." Elsa nodded slowly. She finished her breakfast and packed her bag. "Thank you. I'm going to hit the gym, see you later !"
Anna quickly swallowed her food and ran after her sister, almost slipping on the doormat and falling on Pepper. "Wait, I wanna ask you something !" She screamed after her sister but Elsa didn't hear it because she already was half a mile away. Anna sighed and closed the front door.
Kristoff was already in the gym, pulling some weights, when he saw his partner enter. He waved optimistically at her. "Hey Elsa ! Over here !"
Elsa turned around when she heard him calling her. She smiled. It was good to be back with him. She wanted to leave the problems that happened the other day behind her and focus on the qualification rounds. "Hi Kris." She said and hugged him. Elsa went to the treadmill and run for about half an hour. Then she decided to take a short break and went to the canteen era for some tea. Kristoff joined her and ordered a coffee. "So." He spoke while steering the milk through his beverage. "How were you and Hans yesterday ? You survived, which is good..."
Elsa frowned. "He was being a dick like always." She answered while drinking her tea.
Kristoff chuckled. Elsa looked at him and frowned even more. "Hey, that isn't funny !"
"Of course it is." He replied. "Hans has always been a dick. But I wanted to know how you to managed to train together."
"We just went our own ways on the ice. I had to work on my speed and he on his executions after the jump, that's all."
The blonde muscular man nodded slowly. "That's not what I heard..."
Elsa gasped. "What did you hear ?!" She asked.
He shook his head. "Never mind."
"No. Tell me." She demanded.
"From what I heard is that you two are amazing together. Very well footwork, balance and grace. I heard it went great." Kristoff confesses.
Elsa gasped again. "What !? Jane sure didn't tell me ! Forget it, Kris. We are a team, not that jerk and I. I'm sure you must have heard wrong."
Anna raced to school on her bike. Once again she was running late. Finally, after ten minutes of racing like a maniac, she arrived at the Millennium High School. She threw her bike against the rack and ran inside to first period, maths.
"Miss Winters, you're late again. The next time, I'll have to write you down." The teacher told her when she entered the classroom with much noise.
"Sorry Mr Craig." Anna nodded, dropped her bag and sat down at the empty spot in front. Next to her, a boy with white silvery hair bent over to her. "Where's the deal ?" He whispered.
"Right here." She answered and showed him a few papers she had been working on all weekend. He let out a small whistle and smiled. "Nice !" He reached down his pocket and threw her three neatly folded bank biljets on the table. "Here, you deserve them."
She gave him a wink and smiled at her just earned money. Just as she planned on counting them, the teacher called her name to answer to his next question. Anna jolted and almost fell from her chair from sudden movement. "Y-y-yes ?" She stuttered. The class laughed.
"Oh Anna banana. Always with her head in the clouds !" A boy from the other side of the classroom sang.
Anna gave him a glare. He blew her a kiss. She stuck out her tongue. He gave her a wink and a smirk while crossing his arms before his chest. She flipped him off.
"Miss Winters !" The loud voice of the teacher called.
"Alright alright. I'm sorry." Anna apologised while putting away her money.
The teacher shook his head. "No. I want you to write out the assignment I gave you last week." The strawberry blonde quickly took a paper and pencil and began writing some numbers down. The teacher began to lose his patience and tapped with his fingers on the board. "Miss Winters, on the chalkboard please ! And with your notes. "
"Whatever." She replied and searched in her bag for her own papers. She couldn't find them. Oh holy shit, she thought. She had made everyone's homework, except for her own. "Fuck." She cursed.
Next to her, the white haired boy laughed.
Anna turned her head towards him. "Jack, this isn't funny. Give me my papers." She hissed demandingly between her teeth.
He shook his head. "Nope. These are mine."
The teacher became really annoyed and impatient. "Miss Winters, for the millionth time you haven't done your homework !?" He was more stating a fact than asking a question because everybody knew that Anna never had anything done in time or right.
"I will. Get you. Back !" She spat at Jack. He chuckled. "Yeah right. I'd love to see that."
"Miss Winters I'm sorry to say but I have to send you to the headmaster. Get a warning for neglecting the teacher's orders." The teacher decided and pointed at the door.
Anna looked at him like he was crazy. "WHAT !? For losing my stuff ? I need to get a freaking warning for losing my shit !?" She stood up, packed her bag and left for the door. Right before she slammed it shut, she shouted. "You're out of your mind. I hate this school !"
The usual training didn't go as smooth as it normally went, mainly because Elsa was with her head in the clouds and was thinking about what Kristoff had said. She and Hans could work great as a team, yeah sure. She and that douchebag of a guy, hell no. She looked aside her and saw Kristoff doing push ups. She smiled, he always worked hard and tried to be at his best every day. She admired that about him. He always cared for her, lifted her up whenever she fell, pulled her alongside him whenever she was tired, gave her the extra push in order to perform a jump perfectly. There was no way Hans could replace him. Hans was the douche who only cared about himself. Kristoff was the gentleman who made sure that everyone he cared for was happy. Elsa watched as Kristoff finished his last set of push ups for the day. He was exhausted and laid on his back on the ground. Only then he realised the smile on her face.
"Whatcha laughing at ?"
"Nothing. Just watching how you were training."
Kristoff yawned and stretched. "Wanna go home ?"
Elsa raised her eyebrows and stood up. "You wanna go already ?" She asked.
"Yeah, why not. We've been here all day, I'm pretty worn out and I'd like to take a shower."
The platinum blonde did not respond and fiddled with some of the loose strands of her hair.
"Elsa ?" Kristoff stood up and walked over to her. "Are things going ok at home, you know, you and Anna. And the bills, can you manage them ?"
Elsa only sighed and put her bottle and phone in her bag.
"You don't wanna go home because of Anna do you ?" Kristoff guessed.
She turned around and looked him in the eyes. "I can't go home. I can't face her anymore."
"Listen." Kristoff said while placing his hands on her shoulders. "You can't stay here forever. Anna's at home, she's waiting for you. You're her only sister. Why are you so afraid of going home ?"
"Because." She sniffed. "Because every time I see her, she reminds me of the past and I... I- I don't want to be reminded of it every single day."
"But she's your sister. You will always be reminded of the past when you're with her. But you're not alone, you share your past with her. Why, why won't you try to be nice to her, compliment her for example. She deserves that and it'll do her good."
Elsa shook her head. "I-I I can't."
"You mean you can't or you won't ?" Kristoff asked.
Elsa glared at him, he raised his hands in defence and muttered a sorry. "Of course I want." She hissed. "It's just that... Every time I see her I overcome with guilt. I've never told her that it was my fault. That I was responsible for our parent's... death."
Kristoff wrapped his arms around Elsa's small frame and hugged her. "Listen. It's not your fault. Please don't think that. It was an accident, we all know that." He soothed. "Right now, you have to be there for your sister. She needs you, and you need her. Just be nice to her and compliment her on something. I'm sure she'll appreciate it. She's not blaming you Els. And you don't have to blame yourself either."
"But it's just that.. if it weren't for me, mum and dad would still be alive." She sniffed. "I was the one who called them. I was the one who called them to pick me up early from skating because I didn't feel well. If I just had finished my lesson, then the truck wouldn't have hit them and they wo-..."
"Elsa, listen to me." Kristoff interrupted. "It. Is. Not. Your. Fault. These things happen, you didn't know. You were feeling sick and you just called them to pick you up. Their death is not to blame on you. Please keep that in mind, will you ?" He said softly and hugged her even tighter. Right now, she and Anna needed all the comfort and care in the world and Kristoff didn't mind to give it.
Elsa broke apart from his hug and smiled a little. "Ok. I'll try. I'll try to talk to her Kris. Just give me some time to process things."
He nodded in understanding. "Of course. Take your time."
"Anna !" The headmaster exclaimed. "Sit down." She said friendly while she sat down herself.
The girl sat down and looked at the headmaster. She was new here. She had been around for about two months now but she hadn't been like any other headmaster before. This one was kind and gentle and willing to listen to the students who came here regularly for a warning or worse; a detention note. Miss Newman, the little name card on the desk said.
"Sweetie, what are you doing here ? What did you do now ?" Miss Newman said.
Anna sighed. "I did nothing. That Craig guy just hates me, that's why he sends me to you as many times as he can !" She shouted frustrated and crossed her arms before her chest.
Miss Newman smiled gently and nodded understandingly. "I know school's tough for you Anna. But you can't keep going like this. Your grades are significantly dropping and if you don't do anything about it, you'll fail your senior year ! Now you don't want that do you ?"
Anna shook her head.
"Now then." The headmaster said. "I'll give you a warning note for rude behaviour in the class but the next few weeks I don't want to see you in my office ok ?"
The girl nodded silently, took the note and left the room. Just as she wanted to walk back to the class, she ran into a guy, or better, that guy.
"Jack !" She hissed and narrowed her eyes.
Jack smirked. "Well hello there Anna banana." He said mockingly.
"Don't call me that !" She warned him. "And I want my papers back !" She demanded.
He raised one eyebrow. "Well, then I want my money back."
Anna frowned and blinked a couple of times. Giving his money back meant that she couldn't do groceries this afternoon and that meant that she and Elsa wouldn't have something to eat. "Ehm." She stuttered, not knowing what to say.
Jack smirked again and bent forward. "Listen. I'm doing you a favour here. I'll let you keep your money, since your sister is such a lazy ass. But a lesson for the next time when you forgot to make your own homework; don't be a snitch. Nobody likes snitches !"
The strawberry blonde raised both her eyebrows and moved close to his face. "Don't you ever call my sister a lazy ass again ! She's trying really hard and you have got no right to say that about her, especially her. And the next time, make you own homework you lazy piece of shit." She snapped in his face. Then, she ran out of the schoolbuilding, crying. It got all too much and she needed a break from everything, especially him. She grabbed her bike and raced off to nowhere in particular. After an hour of cycling around, she stopped at a park and sat on the bench to watch the ducks and the kids playing with the dogs. She wiped her eyes dry and inhaled the fresh air. Stupid school. Stupid Jack and his stupid money. Stupid money problems. She sighed deeply. Stupid parents, why did they have to die in the first place ! They just abandoned her and her sister. And now Elsa is literally working herself to death.
After having spent a couple of hours at the park, Anna decided to leave for home. Pepper had to go out and she had to make dinner. Suddenly she thought of an advertismment she read this morning, jumped on her bicycle off to the city. When she arrived, she placed her bike against a stone wall and entered the shop. It wasn't a big shop but it wasn't small either, it was perfect. Anna looked around, she almost drooled of excitement. This was the perfect place, here was where she wanted to work; the bookshop, where they had almost every book there was. Where she could work and study at the same time. This was her sanctuary. She walked to the desk and asked the lady where the manager was. The lady kindly took Anna to another smaller room where only a desk and a chair stood.
"You may sit down, Mr. Peters will be here in a minute." The lady said and walked away.
Anna sat down nervously and fiddled with the loose ends of hair of her ponytail. Just as she decided to leave a message to Kristoff, Mr. Peters came in. Anna stood up quickly and gave him a smile. "Hello sir. I am Anna Winters."
Mr. Peters nodded friendly. "Hi Anna. I am Mr. Peters, but you can call me William." William sat down. "You are here for the job interview ?" He asked, putting on his reading glasses and extending his hand.
"Yes I am." Anna replied, ignoring the hand because she didn't know what to put in it.
William smiled friendly when he realised that she wasn't planning on greeting him in return. He went over to business. "May I see your resume ?"
"My r-resume ?" The girl stuttered. "Eh, I don't have any... yet." Her cheeks turned red and she felt embarrassed. Of course, if she had asked Elsa about how to prepare for a job interview, she would have told her about it. But Elsa never had time for her so she didn't know. Anna swallowed hard and waited for William to speak.
"You don't have any work experience yet ?"
Anna shook her head.
"How old are you ?"
"I'm nineteen."
"Ok, that's good. Well, can you tell me why you would like to work here, in this particular shop, and not in the shop next to me that sells clothing ?" He asked, taking off his reading glasses since he didn't have anything to read.
Anna swallowed again. She didn't know that she'd have to explain why she wanted the job. Wasn't it obvious ? Any one who wanted to work, wanted money. She decided to just tell him the truth, like Elsa always had told her. Better tell the truth than lie because they'll eventually find out and then you'll be sorry. "Well, to be honest." She begun, William nodded. "I have a sister with whom I share a home, our parents died so she's all I have. But the mortgage is killing her, like literally, and I think it's about time that her lazy sister helps paying the bills." She answered while pointing at herself.
William nodded. "Wow, that's really honest and sweet of you to do. But you don't have any working experience and I need someone who knows her job."
"I know. But I learn very fast and I am very motivated to get this job because it's a bookshop and I can study here in my spare time. I really need this job, please hire me." Anna begged.
"Alright. I'll give you two weeks trial, if you manage to sell more books than we do now; you'll stay and I'll let you sign a contract. Do we have a deal ?" He asked.
Anna's mind processed the given information as quickly as it could . She had two weeks to learn how to sell books and to sell more than ever, after that, she would get paid. Two weeks, that's not much is it ? "We have a deal." She said and shook William's hand.
"Great." He said. "You can start tomorrow three pm. Chantal, the lady who just guided you in, will teach you the basics."
"Alright, thank you so much !" Anna cheered and walked out of the room. When she walked past the desk where the nice lady was seated, she decided to stop and introduce herself. "Hi I'm Anna. I'll start working here from tomorrow."
The lady bent over the desk to shake Anna's hand. "Hi Anna, I'm Chantal. Nice to meet you, see you tomorrow then."
Anna whistled all the way back home. If she managed to keep the job, she could finally help her sister and they would finally pay off their dept and move to a better home. She couldn't wait to tell Elsa the good news !
"I'm home !" A tired voice called and the door slammed shut.
"Hi Els. I'm making lasagna !" Anna called back.
Elsa kicked out her shoes and threw her coat over a chair. She sighed deeply before entering the kitchen. It's going to be ok, she told herself. I'm just going to act really nice to her, she deserves that. Just put on a show.
Pepper ran to Elsa and jumped in her arms. Elsa entered the kitchen and sniffed. "Smells good." She complimented her sister and walked over to the couch and fell on it. She placed her feet on the side table and turned on the tv. "God, I'm exhausted." She complained dramatically.
A few minutes later, Anna entered the living room holding two plates with lasagna. She placed them on the table and sat excitedly next to her sister, bouncing on the couch. Elsa looked at her with a frown, grabbed her plate and started to eat. "Could you please stop bouncing ?" She asked impatiently.
"I have something exciting to announce." Anna began.
Elsa didn't respond.
"Heeelloohhooooo is Elsa home ?" The girl joked and tapped her sister's forehead.
Elsa slapped her hand away. "Anna stop it."
Anna stopped and fell down on the couch reluctantly. She grabbed her plate and stuffed her mouth full of lasagna. In no time she was done. She watched her sister as she ate slowly and how her eyes were glued to the screen of the tv. Anna sighed dramatically and long. Elsa kept watching the news. Anna stood up, brought her plate to the kitchen and came back with a bucket of ice. "Elsa if you want desert then you have to hurry cause I'm not gonna wait for you." She teased her sister and started digging in the chocolate.
Elsa didn't mind, she was too tired to fight over some stupid ice. The news was over and she turned the tv off. She leaned her head on back of the couch and closed her eyes while her fingers slowly massaged her temples. That stupid headache. She couldn't think clear, her vision was blurred and her ears buzzed. She felt nauseous and dizzy. She felt like throwing up, even though she ate a little.
"Heee Els. I have something really important to tell you. I promise that you're gonna like this." Anna said.
Elsa groaned. The loud voice of her sister made her feel even more dizzy. "Please don't talk, I don't feel very well."
"But it's important !" Anna argued.
"Please ! Could you listen to me for once ?! I don't feel like having conversations about our feelings and shit sisters are supposed to share. Just leave me the heck alone !" Elsa suddenly yelled.
Anna jolted at her sister's sudden outburst. Not that she wasn't used to it, Elsa regularly had outbursts because she never talked about anything. She kept building up her problems until the bomb exploded, and it mostly happened because Anna tried to get through her. But the yelling and the shrieking of her sister's voice still kept scaring Anna. That voice was always full of sadness, guilt and panic. She never liked Elsa in this state and she always hoped it would be over soon. It mostly took her a day of two to process things and then she was back on track again. But this time her voice sounded desperate and exhausted, even more exhausted than before. Anna blinked a couple of times at the harsh voice before she started to speak again. She almost whispered. "I found a job..."
Elsa nodded. "Right..." Then realisation sunk in and she opened her eyes and looked wildly at her sister. "You what !?" She gasped.
Anna shrugged. "I found a job. It's in a bookstore. I'll be working there for two weeks on trial and if it goes well, they'll hire me."
"But... why would you do that ?!"
"Elsa." Anna began a little bit confused why her sister wasn't happy that she'd be helping a little bit more financial. "I did it for you, and for me. I did it for the both of us."
Elsa squeezed her eyes together and shook her head wildly. "No. No. You are not going to work. No. You can forget it. Tell them you're not taking it."
"Wait what !?" Anna exclaimed. "Why would I do that ?! I finally found one, aren't you happy for me ?"
"No of course not. I'm not going to let you throw away a future by working as hard as I do ! You need your free time to study and to graduate. And I want you to spend time ith your friends and not worrying about money. If you have finished school, then you can think about getting a job. You need your time to do other better things than working !"
For a moment Anna was caught off guard, then she corrected herself and remembered why she took on the job. "You know what. Screw you ! Ever since mum and dad died, I've been feeling like a spare; nothing, like I am just some random person who happens to live in this house too. A person with whom you have absolutely no emotional connections with, with whom you have no past with. You have turned yourself against me, it's like you don't even know me anymore ! What happened to you Elsa ? You used to be my best buddy, you cared for me, you loved me ! We have played so many jokes on our friends. We used to sleep in each other's beds ! I know you miss papa and mama and that their death came unexpectedly but you don't have to turn it on me. Like it was my fault or something. All my life I have tried to be the best sister I could be to you. I cook every night, do the dishes, make the beds, vacuum the house, iron our clothes, take out the dog and the garbage, take care of the garden, take care of you and that you eat well... Which you don't ! I feel like I'm the older sister taking care of you while it should be vice versa. And you know what, me taking on that job was the best thing I could have ever done. Because now I can help you pay the bill, I could pay for the groceries and Pepper's care. I could buy us new clothes and other stuff we could use. You don't have to do this all by yourself Elsa. You've got me, I wanna help you. I wanna be your sister again. If you would just open up to me. I don't mean to harm you or hurt you. I just want you to let me in. I care for you. And I'm also a girl who is growing up, I have a boyfriend with whom I want to spend the rest of my life with. But that doesn't mean that I never want to see you again. You're my family, we're sisters. I love you."
Elsa looked at Anna, her sister. Tears welled up in both girls' eyes. For a moment, Anna thought that Elsa was going to hug her. But Elsa just stood up, wiped her eyes dry and left. Just before she went up the stairs, she whispered. "If you want the job so badly, then you can keep it." And she disappeared into the darkness.
Anna sat there, kinda dazzled. She at least had expected Elsa to bust out in tears and hug her sister telling her she was right about everything. But she didn't do any of that. She just left, like she always did if things got too complicated. "Well FUCK !" Anna cursed. For the one hundredth time she hadn't been able to crack Elsa's shell open. She was so frustrated that she grabbed the pillow and threw it across the room. Little Pepper, who just fell asleep, woke up and looked at Anna as if she was an alien. "Shit shit shit !" Anna started crying. Pepper got up and walked over to her. He laid his nose on the couch and howled softly, he knew she was sad. Anna stroke his head. "It's never going to happen little guy. I'll never be her sister again. Just some stranger who used to be her buddy." Anna sighed and dried her eyes. She stood up and grabbed her jacket and Pepper's leash. She was not going to stay here, in this miserable house, any minute longer. It's not that Elsa wouldn't miss her anyways. She put Pepper on the leash and walked out of the house. She took her phone out and dialed the one number she was sure of that would always anser if she called it.
"Hello ?" A voice spoke.
"Kristoff." Anna whimpered. "Pepper and I are coming over to your place ok ?"
"That's alright." He said being as sweet as always.
Anna suddenly started to sob.
"Honey ? Are you alright ? Are you hurt ?" Kristoff sounded worried.
"No no, it's just... I really could use a hug right now."
"When you're here, I'll give you so many hugs that you won't even want them anymore ok ?" He assured her.
Anna let out a little giggle throughout her sobs. He was such a sweetheart. "I'd love that." She said. "The bus is coming, see you in half an hour."
So I just realised, after having read other fanfics, that I have a lot of dialogue in my stories. But you don't mind do you ?